Mazda Protege Replaces the GLC
The Mazda Motor Corporation is a Japanese automobile maker that
is based in Hiroshima, Japan. As of last year, 2005, the company
has been able to produce around roughly 800,000 automobiles per
year with its sales evenly divided between Japan, Europe, and
North America. The company has had it humble beginnings as the
Toyo Cork Kogyo Company, Ltd., founded in Japan in the year
1920. That company has moved from manufacturing machine tools to
vehicles happening around the introduction of the Mazda-Go in
the year 1931. A part of the colorful history of the company, a
fact is that they had also produced weapons for the Japanese
military through the Second World War. The name Mazda was
adopted by the company in 1984 although each and every
automobile that the company has manufactured and sold had
already bore that name starting at the beginning.
The company entered the U.S. scene in the year 1970 with a
single car which was the RX-2. However, the following year, they
came up with five cars which included the compact Familia-based
1200 and R100, the larger Capella-baed 616 and RX-2 and the
large 1800. The following years, Mazda has come up with new
automobiles to compete in the market. With the help of their
Wankel engines, the company quickly rose in prominence.
However, come the energy crisis, Mazda's sales slipped down due
to the Wankel's reputation was a gas hog. So to adapt itself to
this new situation, Mazda responded with the reintroduction of a
Familia-based car powerd by a tiny piston engine - this saved
the company in the United States.
At present, modern Mazda cars have become bigger, more advanced,
and much more expensive than before. The company had started
with GLC or Great Little Car but it was not as good and as great
in comparison with the models at present. In the year 1985, the
GLC was replaced by the 323 and was later on changed to a
four-door Mazda Protege in 1990 and became a two-door vehicle in
1995. This vehicle may not be so friendly to the pocket,
however, with its comfortable interior, smooth driving, and
handling, along with its excellent performance, it had certainly
become one of the most sold Mazda models. Changes for the Mazda
Protege had been done every year to adapt to the world's varying
lifestyles and cultures.
The Mazda Protege is made available in three trims which are the
ES, LX, and DX. The ES comes with a 1.8 liter, 4-cylinder engine
capable of a maximum of 122 horsepower. It has larger front disc
brakes and quality standard equipments to go along with it. The
LX and the DX, meanwhile, are powered by a 1.6 liter, 4-cylinder
engine with an available output of 105 horsepower. What is
standard for all three trims is a five-speed manual
transmission. Optional for the Mazda Protege trims is a
four-speed automatic.
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